WICKED Announces Lottery for $25 Seats at the Ohio Theatre

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for WICKED, which is returning to the Ohio Theatre with performances from August 17-September 4.

Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the east side of the Ohio Theatre at the Galbreath Pavilion will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person, with a limit of two tickets per person. Lottery participants must have a valid photo ID when submitting their entry form and, if chosen, when purchasing tickets.

The performance schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, August 17, 7:30pm

Thursday, August 18, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

Friday, August 19, 8 pm

Saturday, August 20, 2 pm & 8 pm

Sunday, August 21, 1 pm & 6:30 pm

Tuesday, August 23, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, August 24, 7:30pm

Thursday, August 25, 7:30 pm

Friday, August 26, 8 pm

Saturday, August 27, 2 pm & 8 pm

Sunday, August 28, 1 pm & 6:30 pm

Tuesday, August 30, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, August 31, 7:30pm

Thursday, September 1, 7:30 pm

Friday, September 2, 8 pm

Saturday, September 3, 2 pm & 8 pm

Sunday, September 4, 1 pm & 6:30 pm

WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, Disney's Enchanted, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething"), is based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. The musical is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed...). WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone.

WICKED has been declared "A Cultural Phenomenon" by Variety and "The Best Musical of the Decade" by Entertainment Weekly. WICKED currently has eight productions around the world in New York, London, Japan, Australasian Tour, Latin America, a UK tour, and two concurrent North American national tours. Since its New York premiere a decade ago, WICKED has grossed more than $4 billion worldwide and has been seen by more than 50 million across the globe. WICKED has been performed in excess of 100 cities in 14 countries around the world and has thus far been translated into five languages-Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Korean.

Winner of more than 100 international awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

For more information about WICKED, visit www.wickedthemusical.com.